1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?"2 The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands."3 The men of Judah then said to the Simeonites their fellow Israelites, "Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours." So the Simeonites went with them.4 When Judah attacked, the LORD gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.5 It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites.6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.7 Then Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.8 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.9 After that, Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills.10 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.11 From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).12 And Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher."13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.14 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him "to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What can I do for you?"15 She replied, "Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.16 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms "with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.17 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed "the city. Therefore it was called Hormah. [^4]18 Judah also took "Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron —each city with its territory.19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron.20 As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak.21 The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.22 Now the tribes of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.23 When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz),24 the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well."25 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.26 He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.27 But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.28 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely.29 Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, so these Canaanites lived among them, but Zebulun did subject them to forced labor.31 Nor did Asher drive out those living in Akko or Sidon or Ahlab or Akzib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob.32 The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out.33 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them.34 The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain.35 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the tribes of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor.36 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.

1 Post mortem Josue, consuluerunt filii Isral Dominum, dicentes : Quis ascendet ante nos contra Chananum, et erit dux belli ? 2 Dixitque Dominus : Judas ascendet : ecce tradidi terram in manus ejus. 3 Et ait Judas Simeoni fratri suo : Ascende mecum in sortem meam, et pugna contra Chananum, ut et ego pergam tecum in sortem tuam. Et abiit cum eo Simeon.4 Ascenditque Judas, et tradidit Dominus Chananum ac Pherezum in manus eorum : et percusserunt in Bezec decem millia virorum. 5 Inveneruntque Adonibezec in Bezec, et pugnaverunt contra eum, ac percusserunt Chananum et Pherezum. 6 Fugit autem Adonibezec : quem persecuti comprehenderunt, csis summitatibus manuum ejus ac pedum. 7 Dixitque Adonibezec : Septuaginta reges amputatis manuum ac pedum summitatibus colligebant sub mensa mea ciborum reliquias : sicut feci, ita reddidit mihi Deus. Adduxeruntque eum in Jerusalem, et ibi mortuus est. 8 Oppugnantes ergo filii Juda Jerusalem, ceperunt eam, et percusserunt in ore gladii, tradentes cunctam incendio civitatem. 9 Et postea descendentes pugnaverunt contra Chananum, qui habitabat in montanis, et ad meridiem, et in campestribus. 10 Pergensque Judas contra Chananum, qui habitabat in Hebron (cujus nomen fuit antiquitus Cariath Arbe), percussit Sesai, et Ahiman, et Tholmai : 11 atque inde profectus abiit ad habitatores Dabir, cujus nomen vetus erat Cariath Sepher, id est, civitas litterarum.12 Dixitque Caleb : Qui percusserit Cariath Sepher, et vastaverit eam, dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem. 13 Cumque cepisset eam Othoniel filius Cenez frater Caleb minor, dedit ei Axam filiam suam conjugem. 14 Quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus ut peteret a patre suo agrum. Qu cum suspirasset sedens in asino, dixit ei Caleb : Quid habes ? 15 At illa respondit : Da mihi benedictionem, quia terram arentem dedisti mihi : da et irriguam aquis. Dedit ergo ei Caleb irriguum superius, et irriguum inferius. 16 Filii autem Cini cognati Moysi ascenderunt de civitate palmarum cum filiis Juda, in desertum sortis ejus, quod est ad meridiem Arad, et habitaverunt cum eo. 17 Abiit autem Judas cum Simeone fratre suo, et percusserunt simul Chananum qui habitabat in Sephaath, et interfecerunt eum. Vocatumque est nomen urbis, Horma, id est, anathema. 18 Cepitque Judas Gazam cum finibus suis, et Ascalonem, atque Accaron cum terminis suis. 19 Fuitque Dominus cum Juda, et montana possedit : nec potuit delere habitatores vallis, quia falcatis curribus abundabant. 20 Dederuntque Caleb Hebron, sicut dixerat Moyses, qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enac. 21 Jebusum autem habitatorem Jerusalem non deleverunt filii Benjamin : habitavitque Jebusus cum filiis Benjamin in Jerusalem, usque in prsentem diem.22 Domus quoque Joseph ascendit in Bethel, fuitque Dominus cum eis. 23 Nam cum obsiderent urbem, qu prius Luza vocabatur, 24 viderunt hominem egredientem de civitate, dixeruntque ad eum : Ostende nobis introitum civitatis, et faciemus tecum misericordiam. 25 Qui cum ostendisset eis, percusserunt urbem in ore gladii : hominem autem illum, et omnem cognationem ejus, dimiserunt. 26 Qui dimissus, abiit in terram Hetthim, et dificavit ibi civitatem, vocavitque eam Luzam : qu ita appellatur usque in prsentem diem. 27 Manasses quoque non delevit Bethsan, et Thanac cum viculis suis, et habitatores Dor, et Jeblaam, et Mageddo cum viculis suis, cpitque Chananus habitare cum eis. 28 Postquam autem confortatus est Isral, fecit eos tributarios, et delere noluit. 29 Ephraim etiam non interfecit Chananum, qui habitabat in Gazer, sed habitavit cum eo. 30 Zabulon non delevit habitatores Cetron, et Naalol : sed habitavit Chananus in medio ejus, factusque est ei tributarius. 31 Aser quoque non delevit habitatores Accho, et Sidonis, Ahalab, et Achazib, et Helba, et Aphec, et Rohob : 32 habitavitque in medio Chanani habitatoris illius terr, nec interfecit eum. 33 Nephthali quoque non delevit habitatores Bethsames, et Bethanath : et habitavit inter Chananum habitatorem terr, fueruntque ei Bethsamit et Bethanit tributarii. 34 Arctavitque Amorrhus filios Dan in monte, nec dedit eis locum ut ad planiora descenderent : 35 habitavitque in monte Hares, quod interpretatur testaceo, in Ajalon et Salebim. Et aggravata est manus domus Joseph, factusque est ei tributarius. 36 Fuit autem terminus Amorrhi ab ascensu Scorpionis, petra, et superiora loca.